Ethanol Expert Weighs in on Industry's Future

The future of ethanol and renewable fuels looks bright, especially with the use of E15 being expanded for domestic use, and if it gains approval from Congress to be used year-round in all 50 states. Front Range Energy founder Dan Sanders gives his insight into the current ethanol market.

“I think exports are continuing to be a silver lining for us, honestly. I mean, there's a lot of countries that are looking at what's the easiest means to to blend a more you know, cleaner fuel and ethanol is in easy fuel to blend into, into fuel supplies. And we're seeing countries like Vietnam, even Japan, look at increased blending, including India. I mean, there's, there's a whole list of them, you know. And Canada has been our big partner in this. And so obviously the tariffs impact could potentially impact that. So we're, we're watching that, but, yeah, I think you're going to see plants invest in in a lot of different lower carbon technologies to try to penetrate those non traditional markets like and sustainable aviation fuel. I think that's that's something that is a potential out there. Overall, the world is kind of moving towards that, still, towards that lower carbon market, that ethanol could play a critical role.”

Front Range Energy is a 19-year-old ethanol production facility in Windsor, Colorado. Sanders also serves on the board of directors for Growth Energy, where he recently won the fuel and growth Award in.